They are Quoins and a Quoin Key. Used to lock down type into a letter press frame. You put them together, place them between the type block and the inside of the frame, and insert the turn-key between the teeth and turn. It causes each side to push out, thus using pressure to hold everything in place. These were common when type for printing was cast in lead. The lead type would be positioned using wood blocks and locked down.
A little factiod: The space between each line of type was set by using strips of lead of various thicknesses to space them closer or wider apart. Which is why, even in modern pagination programs, the space is still called leading.
They are Quoins and a Quoin Key. Used to lock down type into a letter press frame. You put them together, place them between the type block and the inside of the frame, and insert the turn-key between the teeth and turn. It causes each side to push out, thus using pressure to hold everything in place. These were common when type for printing was cast in lead. The lead type would be positioned using wood blocks and locked down.
A little factiod: The space between each line of type was set by using strips of lead of various thicknesses to space them closer or wider apart. Which is why, even in modern pagination programs, the space is still called leading.
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Looks like the jaws and adjustment tool for a late 1800’s-early 1900’s 4-jaw lathe chuck.
sort of close, but thats not it
Check the composing room.
oh!i know,i know-is a stupid non-sense model…
am i right?
nothing offensive
Is it a tool of any kind?
Yes they are tools.and Very Real items.Ben Franklin used similar tools although his were wooden not cast iron.
They are Quoins and a Quoin Key. Used to lock down type into a letter press frame. You put them together, place them between the type block and the inside of the frame, and insert the turn-key between the teeth and turn. It causes each side to push out, thus using pressure to hold everything in place. These were common when type for printing was cast in lead. The lead type would be positioned using wood blocks and locked down.
A little factiod: The space between each line of type was set by using strips of lead of various thicknesses to space them closer or wider apart. Which is why, even in modern pagination programs, the space is still called leading.
You win my noprize ! don’t spend it all in one place ! LOL!!
are you a “Devil” too?
Had my own print shop with a Heidelberg Windmill letterpress
Great model too, BTW :-)
I Better explain that
Printers & especially their assistants were called
“printers Devils”
I still Use Kluge, Chandler & Price, and Golding Jobber
Don’t forget the old reliable Miehle Vertical, did alot of die-cutting and numbering on one of those.